Tales and Novels, 9 Volume Set
by Edgeworth, Maria
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Kingston, New York, United States
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About This Item
Good+ Simpkin, Marshall & Co London 1848 hardcover 9 volume set. Green cloth bindings with gilt spine titles, engraved title pages and frontis engravings. There is light general agewear including chipping at spine extremities, foxing to frontis engravings and tissue guards. A few inside hinge papers are cracked, but all volumes are solid. This set belonged to Laura Astor Delano, daughter of General Armstrong and wife of Franklin Delano, great uncle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for whom FDR was named. 6 of the volumes have "Laura A Delano, from her husband, July 29th 1849" inked on the front endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OURBOOKS004987
- Title
- Tales and Novels, 9 Volume Set
- Author
- Edgeworth, Maria
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall & Co
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- collected fiction literature Roosevelt Laura Delano
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Books
All items returnable promptly for refund.
About the Seller
Pages Past Books
Biblio member since 2006
Kingston, New York
About Pages Past Books
Located at 75 Pearl St., Kingston NY with hours by Chance or Appointment. Website is www.pagespast.com
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....